University of Missouri College of Engineering - Shamrock Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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V , 1 . ' ,. .I 4 . '- s, .----alla n x 5-1 N li if wife Willy, I have never seen times like those today And I am glad my life is slipping away, I-Ieartless machines like steel clawed hands Arc death to the 'I'umblehug's modest demands. ur F116 rumbling carts on the inacadam Have given away to modern train. The business section stretches far And the horse gives way to the motor car. urw lhe concrete strip has come our way VVith oilgrimcd surface here to stay. And the wagon bows to the glittering shine Of the automobiles and their worrisome whinesf' The bug he sighed and continued to say, Oh, for the good old-'Fashioned dray. YVith the song of the teamster in' raucous blast Recalling to us the glorious past. The IlliI1St1'Cl.,S llarp has had its due lVith the hunl:sman's horn that we all knew. The olden hard must hang his hcadg His lays are fallen flat and dead. Thu world is crazy, or it seems to be, And I know that you will agree with me, So I :nn sitting here, friend, and telling you Of the joyous past that I once knew. un 1'is rumored about on every hand Tlmt there's hardly rx -horse left in the land. So I figured that by nineteen-hundred-thirty-six XVC bugs will be in one hell of a fix. Paeons of song through scores of years Have paved the way for copious tears, But never yet has knell been rung I.:i111enting the VE!l'llSllll'lg horse's dung. -Milo, the Vagabond Poet. ' rv r P5135 15 vwmfsd .., may va pg V Y 1 I w l. X, W il 1 w 4 w w 1 v ll P N. l I yi I w f. - - W- I- ,-4-I 1 AL- , I

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f in 1 is ia fx se- we Pflgf 74 After the Ball is Over THE TUMBLEBUCVS LAST BALL Good citizens, I beg your graceg That I may pause for hriefcst space, And relate to you in behalf of a friend, The advancing shade of a hitter end. Dame Nature gives this news in 'hand That I may herald throughout the land, And proclaim to the people of our great state The swift approach of the lLl1Il'lbIClJllg',S fate. My knowledge came in this strange wayg IVhile trudging along the road one day I stopped at the crest of a long, long hill And was idly sitting and resting my fill. My eyes they roved from side to sideg No wonder soon that they espied A weary hug beneath a tree, IVho sat and gazed direct at me. This tumhlehug sat with jealous eye, And guarded his luggage parked nearby, Neighbor, I heard this creature say, I beg of you the time of day. You're welcome, said I, Hh70l1,1'C welcome to I't's one and after and I must go . But stay, it said, and he of good cheer , I have a story I wish you to hear . The poignant appeal in the hug's brown eyes, Persuaded me not to pass him hy, So I seated myself there under a tree And I heard the dying hug's noble plea. I'n1 the last of the line of nohle hugs And my hody is weakened by constant tugs I long for cobblestoncs of another day On which it was my wont to playu. know 5 ,Q 'J -5521! if-Rfb.:

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JB -A There's 1'l0tl1ll1g4St1'IlI1gC to the fact that the modern girl is L1 live wire. She l carries practically no insulation. No mutter how prominent they become, racketeers :ire never given the freedom 3 of the city. They take it. Q l l l YVC understand that the rush of Engineers to the South Sen Islands was '1 ' . result of the grass crop failure. The average sentence for bootlegging now is about :is brief :ns 'thc ugeing process of the stuff' they sell. X My goodness, exclaimed the stranger, who had dropped into the police court to pass away half :in hour, they've caught :1 pretty tough lot this morning, hnvcn't thev? You'rc looking :it the wrong lot,', said his neighbor. UThosc :n-en't the prisoners. They'rc the lawyers. As the train pulled up at the station in Centroliu, Morettw shouted to the con- ductor: Shall I have time to get u drink? Yes sir answered the official. y 1 1 Can you guarantee that the train won't Sturt without me? Yes, lill take n drink with you, said the conductor rcnssuringly. li.-.-, w Cliristinns are allowed only one wife. This is called monotony. A fort is L1 place to put men in, Z1 fortress is :1 place to put women in. i l w . . 1 l , A parable is :1 heavenly Story with no earthly meaning. l ll tl w , Paw 76 Q Q Ll Li-F3 fir f -f-- - 4' f 'ASL 3,g,g,y,,: F fm, -TQ , ,, : f, ,iiff ' 'gpfggi',,j,, f' wif 'fi -' ,,FUf5',L1Ql2:1Q f 1 ,swf ,, .